Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-29
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebra ska JottiuYs.

SIhlE AMI lfISIsl1oh1s
Nebraska Jottings.
Ainsworth will soon have brick yard.
Ash and is ripe for loan and building
association.
Moorefield has voted bonds for new
school house.
There is talk of establishing a morning
paper at Hastings.
A lodge of the Grand Orientals has
been organized at Grafton.
The State bank of Cresco is now COM
pleted and open for business.
The burnt district of Bloomington is to
be rebuilt at once with brick.
Hebron is after a third railroad, the
Kansas City, Lawrence & Nebraska.
The contract for the $50, 600 court house
at Chadron is to be let September 1.
The republicans of the Fourth judicial
district hold their convention at Schuyler
October g.
The contract has been let for the build.
ing of Mdianola's $12,00 school house to
a home architect.
Lyon post, of Grand Island, celebrated
its tenth birthday Saturday evening by q
brilliant camp fire.
The wife of Captain N. P. Lundeen, a
former prominent citizen of York, died
at San Diego. Cal, August 16.
Illegal sellers of intoxicants at McCool
Junction have been warned to desist or
take the consequences.
William Lake, of Emmett,a brutal wife
beater, is under arrest at O'Neill, charged
with threatening to kill his better half.
The barn of f. b. Townley, of Butler
county, was struck by lightning and
burned. Four horses perlshed in the
Two women of Aurora, named Mrs.
ingalls, and Mrs. Schwartz, have been ar
| rested charged with setting fire to the
house of neighbor, Mrs. Gunter.
The Catholic church at St. Edward was
struck by lightning the other day and a
| number of carpenters at work on the
building were more or less shocked.
| G. H. Cutting, county clerk of Buffalo
| county, was discovered to be 80, ,435. .45
short in his accounts. He Immediately
made good the discrepancy and resigned
the office.
Lewis Hanson, of Creighton, while
hunting on Sunday, got q charge of shot
through his hat and one in his forehead
from the gun of companion who aimed
at a rabbit.
Mrs. Overton, charged with the MUIR
der of her husband In Custer county, has
been taken from the York jail, where she
|
Custer county for trial.
The Republican City Independent
prints picture of what the new school
house of that place would have beer
but for the tornado, so that people car
see what the town has lost.
Kansas and Iowa are sending thousand:
of head of cattle and horses into Nebrasks
to feed: The drought has burned pastures
in the two states so badly that all live
stock can be purchased cheaply.
Grand Island is down on mashers. b
j. Conroy, a cigar maker, who attempted
to entice young girl from the Unior
Pacific depot to take walk" was ar
rested and fined $25 for the offense.
w. IL. Basore, of Blue Springs, lost his
right eye as penalty for whipping {
dog. He was chastising the animal witt
dry limb when q flying splinter strucl
him in the optic, destroying the sight.
A sneak thief got away with the none,
drawer and five watches from Ingrahaml
jewelry store at Fairbury the other da.
while the proprietor was attending Re
formed Gambler Mason Longs stree
meetings. One of the thieves was cap
tured.
McCool business men complain tha
the Kansas City u Omaha road discrim
mates on freight rates in favor of St. 10,
and against Lincoln. The matter will
be brought before the board of trans
portation unless soon remedied by tn,
company.
Antelope county's commissioners ha,
two cases of insanity before them the pas
week. One was young man namel
Mosier, who had gone, daft because h,
had been Tilted by girl, and the othe
Peter Nelson, whose nalady was causet
by a sunstroke.
Dan Rings, farm hand, and Lawrenc
FALL living near Mead, became involves
in war OF words the other dag, whel
the former, to stop the CAB of Fall, struc
him In the face with board, breakin,
his jaw bone. Rings has been arreste,
and Fall IS under the doctors care.
Beaver City was TILED with reioicln,
last Wednesday over the completion Q
the B. Il M. branch into that place. TIL
citizens turned out en- masse and wit
raised good sized purse and set 'em u
lively to the workmen and employes-ci
gars, lemonade, etc. "
Pet poodles are the cause Of grea
} deal of trouble in this world, and Mis-
Nellie, the twelve-year-old daughter O
Hon. James 4. North, Of Columbus, i
! the latest victim. She was in a vehicl,
preparatory to taking drive, when sh
reached out to lift in her pet dog, i
uVihS WhiCu SIG ioSt hoi ooiahcc anu icl
out, breaking her left wrist.
Harry Stroup, of Red Cloud, broke oi
a fish bone in his leg last spring and sine
then has felt slight pain occasionally il
various parts of his body until few day
ago swelling appeared under his RICH
arm and shortly afterwards the broke
tlsh bone came out, after working its wa
through his body from his left leg to hi
! right arm.
During the wind storm Of Q few week
: ago the family of M. X, Knapp, near Kene
saw, met with strange adventure. Th